Re: [Avogadro-devel] Capstone student project

[Benoit J. <jac...@gm...>]

I forgot to say: Greg said that screencasts of Avogadro in action
would be most efficient in order to get students interested. I
remember that some of you recorded a few -- could you post links ?
Even if they show only basic features.

Cheers,
Benoit

2008/11/25 Benoit Jacob <jac...@gm...>:
> Hi List, Hi Greg,
>
> Today Greg and I discussed what possibility there would be for
> Capstone students to do a project in Avogadro.
>
> Due to my non-knowledge of chemistry and other aspects, the main
> possibility that I was able to discuss was rendering: using OpenGL 2
> programmable shaders (GLSL) to create a much better rendering than
> what we currently have. Since none of us here (afaik) have experience
> with programmable shaders, and some of the students in Capstone are
> specifically interested in graphics, it sounds like this could lead to
> interesting thing. Another nice point is that our Painter
> infrastructure would allow such a new OpenGL 2 painter to coexist with
> the existing GLPainter, so it's an area where a student would be able
> to play directly in trunk without risking to break anything.
>
> It's also possible to consider other subjects, even subjects on which
> I'm not skilled (like anything involving chemistry, or python, or
> GUI), provided that you can provide over IRC or email all the
> mentoring that's needed. I would then add purely as a local contact.
> If you have ideas of such subjects, go ahead and propose! The more
> subjects we propose, the higher the chances to actually get a student
> -- Greg is very careful to match students with projects involving the
> skills they are interested in.
>
> It's also perfectly possible to make a student work on another
> project, like OpenBabel (or Eigen, but Greg tells me that most
> students don't know linear algebra).
>
> For example, would it make sense to make a student who's into
> numerical programming work on Force Fields in OpenBabel ? (just
> suggesting to give ideas)
>
> Cheers,
> Benoit
>
> P.S. Greg: Marcus will likely come to visit me for a few days to
> Toronto in January, he says he's ready to extend his stay a little in
> order to meet with you & students.
>